I never thought about it until something I helped innovate was copied. It was an odd feeling. Still is. Intrigue, anger, confusion, jealousy, smugness, concern, passion – I felt all of these. My team and I worked hard to innovate... Read More
While reading an e-newsletter about workforce issues – staffing, efficiency, team dynamics and sorts – the results of a poll caught my attention. It reported that nearly 70% of respondents would choose a different career if they had their life... Read More
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1954, Brown vs. the Board of Education desegregated public education in the United... Read More
A colleague directed me to the New Your Times Picture Your Life After Cancer site this week. I was moved reading story after story, but the thought that struck me most was there are too many pictures here. What’s even... Read More
After reading about At Your Cervix’s pet peeve, I decided to share one of my own: Don’t you miss nursing? As a nurse working outside of clinical care, I get this a lot. While I know inquisitors mean no ill,... Read More
First, seat belts rock. I’ve seen the saving power both personally and professionally. Secondly, how in the world is it possible that 19 states have no primary seat belt laws (in which passengers are required to wear seat belts and... Read More
Last week Spain announced an anti-smoking law that is likely to turn the EU’s fourth largest tobacco producer from a cigarette-friendly land abounding with smoky bars and restaurants, into one of Europe’s most stringently smokeless. The law prohibits lighting up... Read More
Routines keep us sane and safe. (Hat tip to the Heath brothers for teaching me that in their book, Switch, which I recommended last summer.) Often times we crave routines. Other times we need our routines to be shaken. We... Read More
The Designful Company: How to Build a Culture of Nonstop Innovation by Marty Neumeier is a read well-worth your time. It won’t take too much of it, though. You could start and finish the book on a plane ride or... Read More
Oxymoronic, right? Mean. Nurse. Mean [meen] – adjective, -er, -est. Offensive, selfish, or unaccommodating; nasty; malicious: a mean remark; small-minded or ignoble; penurious, stingy, or miserly. Nurse [nurs] – noun, -ing. A person formally educated and trained in the care... Read More